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Clearing Strokes and Characters
Press the C key one or more times to remove
strokes to the left. When the Key Stroke Area is
empty, pressing the C key removes characters
from the Text Area.
Rapid Character Entry
Rapid character entry is easy in any mode, using
the Character Selection Map. As you enter
characters, your phone predicts the next
character you might want and presents choices
in the Character Selection Map area. When a
desired character appears, you may select it as
described in Step 3 on page 51.
In most cases, you will see the desired character
in the Character Selection Map area before you
have entered all of the strokes to build it.
For example, try typing the twelve stroke
character pair “ ” using the following
keystrokes; 2, 8, and 7. Even though “ ” is a
twelve stroke character pair, your phone enables
you to type it in only three key presses!
Using the Quick English Mode
This mode allows you to enter English words
with only one key press per letter. Each key on a
keypad has more than one letter - a single press
on the 5 key could be J, K, or L. The Quick
English mode automatically compares your key
presses to an internal linguistic database to
determine the correct word.
The mode requires far fewer keystrokes than the
traditional multi-tap method, English mode.
1. Press keys on the phone just once per desired
letter. For example, to enter “HELLO,” press
, , , and .
The word that you are typing appears on the
display. It may change with each key that you
press.
2. Type to the end of the word before editing or
deleting any keystrokes.
3. If the word is correct, put a space by pressing
the key and start entering the next word.
Otherwise, press the 0, or key
repeatedly to display alternative word choices
for the keys that you pressed.
Example
: Both “OF” and “ME” have the
sequence of 6 and 3. The phone displays the
most commonly used choice first.
To type words not found in the Quick English
mode, change the text input mode to English.
Smart Punctuation
To enter full stops, hyphens or apostrophes,
press the 1 key. The Quick English mode applies
grammar rules to ensure that the correct
punctuation is used.
Example
: The 1 key is used twice to display two
punctuation marks:
L E T ’ S E A T .